Nora Dunn cocked her finger and pointed at her forehead directly between her eyes.

"He was shot here," she said, "and here," pointing to her left temple.

Nine months after Joseph "Danny" Moses was found at his home on Walnut Street in Kings Mountain, slumped in an arm chair with two gunshot wounds to his head, the case of his death is finally closed.

His daughter, Dunn, will go to pick up his things - a pair of cowboy boots, his rings and a wallet still full of cash - that was entered into evidence by Kings Mountain Police.

But there will be no arrest. No trial. No justice for the Moses family during this life.

The man suspected of pulling the trigger died before he was charged.

‘No other suspects exist’

Dunn said a detective called her last week and asked if she and her sister could meet at the courthouse with District Attorney Rick Shaffer and Kings Mountain Police.

The sisters were told police had developed a suspect but the man died of natural causes before they could complete the investigation.

Shaffer said detectives did not yet have enough evidence to initiate criminal charges.

"The Kings Mountain Police Department and I were in the process of planning action that would have possibly provided the piece of evidence necessary to make the case one that would likely result in successful prosecution," he wrote in an email to The Star.

He declined to give the name of the suspect, stating it would only hurt innocent family members.

"It is also not fair to make the statement since the suspect could not contest the allegations in any way," Shaffer wrote in the email.

The district attorney said he met with both the victim's family and the suspect's to inform them of the situation.

"Based on the investigation, the case will be closed due to the fact that no other suspects exist and the investigation clearly supported the conclusion the suspect developed was in fact the person who killed Mr. Moses," he wrote.

Dunn said although she had her suspicions, it wasn't until the detective called her last week that she had confirmation about the identity of her father's killer.

'It feels like someone else is involved'

Dunn said she has mixed feelings about the news.

She couldn't sleep for days.

She said knowing a name brings a measure of closure, but she still feels there could be another person involved and doesn't want the investigation to end.

Dunn said she and her sister were told an informant was able to help lead police to the suspect and had information about the March shooting.

She said if the informant knew the killer, she wants to know how - and why he will not face charges as an accomplice.

Chief Melvin Proctor directed all questions and comments to the District Attorney's Office.

"All the evidence in the case shows it was what it was," Proctor said. "There was no evidence that anyone else was involved."

Dunn said she plans to call the state attorney's office to make a complaint about the case.

"It feels like someone else is involved," she said.

Shaffer responded that there is no evidence that another person had anything to do with the death of Moses.

"There is absolutely no evidence that would indicate they are in danger from any other person as a result of the death of Mr. Moses," Shaffer wrote.

He declined to comment further.

Why was Danny Moses killed?

Moses’ family said they are left with one looming question.

Why was Danny Moses killed?

Dunn said her father knew his suspected killer and was planning to do some sheetrock work for him.

The family said they don't know what the motive was but were told that investigators suspected he was selling prescription pills.

Dunn said his medicine - Xanax for Post Tramautic Stress Disorder - was found missing following his death.

"My dad shielded me and my sister from a lot," Dunn said.

She described Moses as "spontaneous" and said there were times he disappeared for days on end.

He was known to ride with The Outlaws Motorcycle Club, Dunn said.

"I know my dad wasn't a perfect man but he was my dad," she said.

On March 3, the day he died, Dunn said she had called her father.

"He said 'I can't talk baby girl, I'll call you back.'"

He never did.

When he didn't pick up his phone that evening, she knew something was wrong.

Dunn said she asked her cousin to stop by and check on him about 7 p.m. that evening.

When the cousin arrived at Moses' home, she found the door unlocked and slightly ajar.

Moses was dead inside the house.

‘Some closure but not full closure’

Tammy Street, a family friend, described Moses as warm-hearted.

She said he treated her like family.

"He was always happy," Street said. "I don't think he had a bad bone in his body."

Moving forward, she hopes the family won't have to continue looking over their shoulders.

"We've got some closure but not full closure," Street said. "There's still the question, who else was there?"